Carrot & Lentil Soup

This tasty and filling soup is just 1 SmartPoint per bowl on Weight Watchers Freestyle plan, on the myWW Blue plan and the myWW Purple plan! It is 5 SmartPoints on myWW Green plan.

Course Lunch

Cuisine American

Keyword 1 smartpoint, weight watchers lunch, weight watchers soup

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings people

Calories 222kcal

Author Marianne

Ingredients

1 tsp ground cumin heaped
1 pinch chili flakes
½ tbsp olive oil
4.5 cups carrots (600g) thinly sliced
¾ cup split red lentils (140g)
1 vegetable stock cube / bouillon cube
4 ¼ cups water (1 litre)
½ cup skimmed milk / non fat milk (120ml)

Garnish

1 tsp cumin seeds optional
4 tbsp fat free natural yogurt optional

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Thinly chop the carrots and set aside.
Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the ground cumin and stir for a minute or two until it starts to smell fragrant. Crumble in the stock cube and add the chili flakes and stir. Add the water, the sliced carrots and milk and stir. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
When the carrots have been simmering for 5 minutes, add the lentils and stir. Bring back to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes until the carrots are tender and the lentils have swollen.
Remove from the heat and use a immersion blender to blend.
Serve topped with a swirl of fat free yogurt and a sprinkling of cumin seeds (optional)

Notes

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